Melanoma metastatic to the colon: Case series and review of the literature with outcome analysis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 441-447

  Tessier, Deron J ^a   McConnell, Elizabeth J ^a   Young Fadok, Tonia ^b   Wolff, Bruce G ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel obstruction; Colon; Gastrointestinal tract; Large bowel; Melanoma; Metastatic melanoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MELANOMA; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL METASTASIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037390273     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6577-2     Document Type: Article

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